Oil-can.



0. KRlNER.

OIL CAN.

APPLkcATIoN FILED sEPT.26. 1916.

INVENTOR ATTO R N EY Patented Apr. 23, 1918. I

OSCAR KEINER, 0F MARTINSVILLE, INDIANA.

OIL-CAN.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Apr.. 23, 191%.

` Application filed September 26, 1916. Serial No. 122,274.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, OSCAR KEINER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Martinsville, in the county of Morgan and State of indiana,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oil-Cans, of whichthe following is a specification.

e This invention has relation to oilA con tainers or the like, and hasfor its object to provide a container particularly adapted for kerosene,gasolene, etc., an embodying means for preventing splashing out ofthecontents through the filling opening of the container when the same isinverted for the purpose of discharging its contents through the spoutinto another receptacle.

f Another objectV of the invention is to provide a container having theabove named characteristics wherein the `anti-splashing` means as abovesetforth also constitutes a closure in one position forthe containerthereby obviating the necessity `for an additional closure Y 5 s Inaddition to the foregoing, my invention comprehends improvements: in thedetails of construction,"and arrangement of parts to be hereinaftermorefully described and particularlyset forth in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, in` which similar and corresponding partsare designated .bythe same characters of reference throughoutthe severalviews in which they appear:

Figure 1, isV a view in vertical section of anV oil containerConstructed after the manner of my invention. i

Fig. 2, is a view thereof 1n end elevation, Fig.y 3,r is a view of thecontainer in plan, and

y Fig. A, is a view, invertical section of a modified form of oilcontainer.

With reference to the drawings, 1 indicates the conventional type of oilcontainer having an integrally formed top, 2, which4 in the resentinstance is pressed upwardto forma emispherical hollow container top 3.The hemispherical container top is` formed adjacent one side portionthereof with a filling opening 4, surrounded with a vertically extendingange v5, while the container top 3 at an opposite-point of the fillingopeningA is 'formed with a discharge pipe 6.

A movable baffle member. 7 is provided interiorly vof the container,said baiie member 7 beingin the form of a heinispherical shell,havingits outer surface curved to conform to the innercurvature of thehemispherical container top 3 as illustrated in Fig. l of theaccompanying drawings. The baffle member7 is provided at its zenith withafvertical 'stem 8 extending from the exterior of said member in asubstantially radial direction through an opening provided therefor inthe hemispherical container top 3. A cam lever 9 is provided in thenature of .a single strand of wire bent upon itself to form a handle.portion 11, thestrands adjacent their ends being bent at Substantiallyright angles to the handle portion as indicated at 11, the extremitiesof the strands being further bent to form loops 12 which encircle ahorizontal portion 13 formed at the upper end of the stem 8. AA camlever guide .14 is provided in the nature of a bridge piece adaptedk toextend transversely above the handle portion lOfof the cam leveradjacent its bent portion 11, said bridge piece being secured at itsendto the exterior surface of `the; container top 3A as indicated at 15.`

It will be obvious, upon reference to Fig.

1, that with the camlever disposed as indiface of the hemlspherical top3. 1n this Y manner a closure for both the filling opening 4 and thespout 6 is provided.

When it is desired to discharge the contents of the container, the camlever is rocked toward a lposition indicated in dotted lines in Fig. lthereby disposing the looped terminal 1 2 thereof in engagement withthe` con`- tainer` top 3, thereby depressing the stem 8, andconsequently the heinispherical baffle member 7 toward a positionindicated in dotted lines in said figure. ln this manner, when thecontainer is inverted to discharge its contents through the spout 6, thesplashing of the contents through thelling openi ing et is absolut-elyprevented by reason of i 6. Thus the member 7,;not only serves asabatfle-plateto provent splashing of theV oil from thecontainer, but alsoto provide a clo-Y sure V'for Vbeth the spout'and the filling openingwhen the container yis -tobe transported.

In Fig. AL, of the drawings I have illus- 'trated 7a modified form of myinvention wherein "the Vsame-principle set Jforth above is embodied,however ina container of a different type. v"In this form of container,thebody portion 16 isfformed'with a conical cover-17 having itsapeXeXtended vertically and threaded as at 18to receiveacorrespondinglyqthreaded top 19.Y A spout'QO is provided and :is formed'upon the cover 17 adjacent itslower periphery.

Aconical baiiie member 21 isdisposed interiorl'y ofthe containensaidbaiie member having itssides eonstructedupon an angle to correspond tothe configurationof the container cover 17 the baille memberbeingdisposed thereinso as to space its exterior sidesfromlthevinterior-surface of the cover membe-r17, the annular .edge'22of the balile member vbeingl closely spaced romthe top edgeotthemain-container portion lsoas to providea constricted annularpassage 22. Lugs formed integrally with the edge'of the 'balile lmemberY21 maybe provided to aordV a means whereby saidbaile member is securedto the interior ofthe container.

Thethreaded extension 180i the container top and *the'top 19 Which'isapplied-thereto 'areboth provided with'openings 24: and 25 which bebrought into registration when the cap is rotated for that purpose.

- In the operation of this vform of my invention, when it is desired `todischarge the contents 'of the can, the cap`19, is rotated as "betere,described to bring its opening and the opening 24 in Yregistrationthereby establishing'a 'vent -to permit entrance of air to displacecontents of the can issuing from the 'spout when. the can 1s inverted.VThe *splashing 'oiithe contents during the discharging operation ishoweverjprevented Y because of thebaflle member-.21 .ina manner similar.tothebailiejmember 7 of the form l'first' described. VIn the presentinstance, the

contents of the container must effect an'eXit l through-the annularspace 22 vbefore reach- "ing the spout 20 therebyreducinganywavelike.motionwhich the contents of the can may have and' permittingitsflow from the spout to be ina smoothstream. This efiet of an evenflow-ot' oil from-the spout, is similarlycarried out in the form of myinvention first described .through themedium Vofthe"hemispherical baillemember 7. In

opening 24; thereby preventing loss of fiuid through said opening.VVhile Ihave illustrated and described my invention with some degree ofparticularity,

I realize that in practice various alterations v,theremjer .may be made,and I therefore reserve the right and privilege of changing thelformofthedetails oiE construction, or

otherwise altering the arrangement of thc correlated parts withoutdeparting from the Vspirit of the invention, or the scope of theappended claims.

A`Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters lIatent is:

1. A n oil container having a substantially Yhemispherical 'cover plate,a spout leading from -`said cover plate, and a hemisphericalbaillefmember within the container for lit tingyengagement with thecover plate and movable -into contact with the inner surface ofthe coverplate, to'form aclosure 'for the spout, and movable -in spaced relationto said cover plate to form a batlie to retard the velocity of theHow-of oil to said s aoutl '2. An oil container having a hemispiericaltop plate, said top plate having a filling opening andadischargetspout, and a hemispherical baile member within the containerfor' movement into fitting contact vwith the inner surface ofithe top toform a closure to the filling opening andspout, said baillemember-beingmovable to space the sides of the same lfrom the ltop -plate toreftardthe `velocity of 'the flow of'oil toward Y ber and the rim of thehemispherical top to retard the` velocity of the flow of oil toward saidspout when the can is inverted, and to 'prevent splashingof its contentsthrough `the illing opening, ,Y

4:. In an Voil container, a hemispherical cover-plate, having adischarge spout at one side, a iillingropening at the opposite side,,anda central opening, a hemispherical bat* vle member. within the can,a stem mounted on said baille member toextend 'through Ythe. centralopening l'of the lhemispherical top, `a T-shaped head'on the projectingend of said stem, a cam member formed of a ispherical member ordepressed in spaced 10 pair of parallel strands of Wire. bent at onerelation thereto.

end at right angles, and having eyes formed In testimony whereof ll aflXmy signature at the terminals of said bent ends to receive in preseneceof two witnesses.

' the terminals of the T-shaped head, and a OSCAR KEINER'.

bail secured to the hemispherical top to re- Y ceive the handle end ofthe cam shaped Witnesses:

member whereby the baffle member may be ALFRED M. BAIN, moved to aposition in contactwith the hem- BELLE HELTON.

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